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Minnesota Constitution

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

MN Voter ID Amendment Fails: 'Vote No' Wins

With most ballots in, Yes votes were mired well below the 50 percent needed to change the Minnesota Constitution.

Minnesota voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have required them to show photo ID before they cast their ballots. It was past 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when the Associated Press called the ballot question for the Vote No forces. At 1:45 a.m., with 87.47 percent of precincts reporting, the Minnesota Secretary of State estimated that yes votes were 45.74 percent of all ballots cast. Update (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.). Unofficial results now show these results: The ballot measure needed more than 50 percent to pass. Growing Optimism Earlier in the long evening, with about 675,000 ballots counted, Our Vote Our Future spokesman Eric Fought said, "We're optimistic" about the Vote No chances. He added, "It could tighten up a little…

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

(WATCH) On-Demand Video of MN Voter ID Debate

See a supporter and opponent go head to head on whether the Minnesota Constitution should require voters to show photo identification at the polling place.

Watch archived video of the two sides of the Minnesota voter ID ballot question clash for 90 minutes in an Oct. 4, 2012 debate sponsored by Debate Minnesota, brought to you by The UpTake. Debating for proponents of the proposed amendment: Dan McGrath, executive director at Minnesota Majority. Representing opponents: Doran Schrantz, executive director of ISAIAH, on behalf of Our Vote Our Future. The moderater was St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter Bill Salisbury. The debate was held at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University, 700 E. Seventh St., St. Paul.  The ballot question is: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free …

Steve4

1:43 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012

They talk a lot about whether or not we can establish eligibility to vote in different scenarios. Do you feel like this is resolved one way or the other? Does it matter?   more ›

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Whose Title for Ballot Amendment on Voting Changes?

Petitioners ask Minnesota Supreme Court to favor Legislature's original title over secretary of state's revision.

Supporters of a photo ID requirement for Minnesota voters asked the state Supreme Court Thursday to put the Legislature's original choice of words on the ballot as the title of the amendment. Minnesota Majority, ProtectMyVote.com and a group of legislators filed a petition and brief with the Supreme Court Thursday afternoon, requesting that the justices throw out Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's rewrite of the amendment title as it will appear on ballots this fall. The two versions of the amendment title have only one word in common ("Voting"): The move comes two days after the high court held a hearing on opponents' request that they take the proposed amendment off the ballot altogether. Supporters say the amendment will prevent voter …

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1:15 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

My prediction is that people will side with whichever side agrees with how they will vote. The Courts will render a decision. The decision will be jeered by whoever loses... And in 20 years none of this will have mattered because gay marriage will be a reality and only the most bitter of people will even recall this issue.   more ›

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